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by conover 2y ago
The Marine Corp actually just became the first military branch to pass an audit: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/02/24/marine-corps-...
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by conover 2y ago
Teaching: EDGE method. Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Evaluate. Colleagues/leadership/etc, practice writing narrative. It really depends on the audience, but writing down your thoughts brings unparalleled clarity.
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by conover 3y ago
The sound aspect of the simulation of reality is going to take up a lot more cycles if we’re going to be hearing every tree that falls in the forest…
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by conover 3y ago
Saudi Arabia “got away with it” with Khashoggi. Realpolitik will prevail in the end I think.
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by conover 4y ago
No one I know associates writing code with writing narrative. I would assume you write books if you told me you are a writer.
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by conover 4y ago
Are you referring to the commercial paper market? Because that’s more of an overnight thing.
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by conover 5y ago
You are thinking of this article, which was a good read: https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/friends...
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by conover 5y ago
Corruption seeps in everywhere. For more local flavor, the head of the Fort Lauderdale Public Works department quit today: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sun-sentinel.com/local/brow...
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Martindale (Unit)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by conover 7y ago|0 comments
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by conover 7y ago
APL (and I assume J) uses a large range of special graphic symbols as part of its syntax, which can be difficult to internalize for folks coming from other languages. It can be easily construed as mysterious or magical lettering (arcane run
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by conover 7y ago
“+ React front” to say the least! Hope you are well, glacials.
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by conover 7y ago
This is a fantastic book. Software is written and rewritten over thousands of years, layer upon layer, powering interstellar vessels and their “automation”. It makes you wonder what Windows will look like 100 years from now, if it’s still a
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by conover 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg
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by conover 8y ago
Constructive murder is also known as felony murder in the US: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule . It can lead to some seemingly strange outcomes: “For example, 20-year-old Florida resident Ryan Holle wa
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by conover 8y ago
I noticed that as well. I am super curious about how they obtained that information. I assume it will come out at trial, if it gets that far.
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by conover 8y ago
The actual indictment: https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rIz2tT7h... (PDF Warning) Wire fraud is really serious. It looks like the government intends on going the full distance in this case.
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by conover 8y ago
We use both at Twitch, on a codebase approaching 7-digit lines of non-generated code. It’s worked out well for us.
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by conover 8y ago
Completely agree. This reminds of the scene from Moneyball where trading players is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjhHrcyiQI .
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by conover 8y ago
Yeah. It’s a slightly modified transcript of a conversation from the movie Training Day.
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by conover 8y ago
The codebase powering www.twitch.tv utilizes TypeScript and I can’t imagine working on a project of any significant size without leveraging it going forward.
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by conover 8y ago
Hmmm. Fine in Firefox (59.0.2) for me.
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by conover 8y ago
I agree with this sentiment. We offer candidates a choice of initial step before an onsite interview: - A short phone interview using a collaborative editing tool like CoderPad. - An example project they can complete independently and turn
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T-Mobile Admits Storing Passwords in Plaintext(twitter.com)
11 points by conover 9y ago|3 comments
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by conover 9y ago
“God is already famous, but that doesn’t stop the preacher from ringing the church bells every morning.” Great quote.
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Uber Threatens to Fire Star Engineer in Legal Battle Over Driverless Cars(nytimes.com)
2 points by conover 9y ago|0 comments
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by conover 9y ago
I've never used Github Desktop but SourceTree has its own set of glaring problems from interface to functionality. I stick with the command line these days.
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U.S. Issues Sweeping Plan to Loosen Rules for Internet Providers(nytimes.com)
28 points by conover 9y ago|6 comments
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by conover 9y ago
http://isfiberreadyyet.com/
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Ways to Submit Confidential Tips to the NYT(nytimes.com)
3 points by conover 10y ago|0 comments
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by conover 10y ago
Speaking of "wrong call" -- this reminds me of the poor folks stuck on the "no-fly" and "selectee" lists by accident: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/nyregion/14watchlist.h

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